Helmut Lotti

(Belgium, 1969) is the stage name of Belgian singer Helmut Lotigiers, who debuted with the Gent opera at age five. Fourteen years later he became well known in the Dutch/Flemish sphere through his participation in the Soundmixshow. More than 13 million of his "classical lite" records have been sold. He sang duets with Andrea Bocelli, Montserrat Caballé, Eros Ramazzotti, Placido Domingo and Cliff Richard, among others. He also gained world fame with lite-classical versions of African, Latin American and Russian pop songs. He has reached the number-two spot on American Billboard. After some down time, he went in a whole new direction with 2013's Mijn hart & mijn lijf (My Body & Soul), an album of a dozen original numbers sung in Dutch. For a literary evening at the Brussels Bozar in 2015, he composed musical literary portraits. At this festival, he performs with poets and sets poetry to music.